DavidArthurMerrillMDPhD

Geriatric Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Integrative Psychiatry

Director, Pacific Brain Health Center, Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Providence St. John’s Health Center. Associate Professor of Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics at Providence St. John’s Health Center. UCLA Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences.

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Office
300 UCLA Medical Plz Ste 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-825-9989

Fax+1 310-315-4069

Summary

Dr. David Merrill is a psychiatrist in Santa Monica, CA. He received his medical degree from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and has been in practice 13 years. He specializes in geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and integrative psychiatry and is experienced in alzheimer's disease, mood disorders, and geriatrics / dementia.

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry, 2008 - 2010
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare SystemChief Residency, Psychiatry, 2007 - 2008
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2008
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 2004
University of California San DiegoPhD, Neuroscience, 1998 - 2002

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

UCLA Fitness and Memory Study of Activity In Mild Cognitive Impairment (AIM) Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Memory and Exercise Training Study in Older Adults With Subjective Memory Complaints Start of enrollment: 2015 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
The PREVENTION Trial: Precision Recommendations to Optimize Neurocognition Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 12
Recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Diagnostic utility of brain MRI volumetry in comparing traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer disease and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.
Cyrus A Raji, Somayeh Meysami, Verna R Porter, David A Merrill, Mario F Mendez
BMC Neurology. 2024-09-11
Beyond the hippocampus: Amygdala and memory functioning in older adults.
Tess H Bookheimer, Aarthi S Ganapathi, Fatima Iqbal, Emily S Popa, Jenna Mattinson
Behavioural Brain Research. 2024-08-05
4 citations
Visceral and Subcutaneous Abdominal Fat Predict Brain Volume Loss at Midlife in 10,001 Individuals.
Cyrus A Raji, Somayeh Meysami, Sam Hashemi, Saurabh Garg, Nasrin Akbari
Aging and Disease. 2024-08-01

Press Mentions

Can a Combo of “Active” Therapies Help Lower Dementia Risk?November 6th, 2024
Researchers Just Found Another Dementia Risk Factor—and It Happens While You SleepNovember 1st, 2024
ADHD Drugs' Impact on Brain Health, Quality of Life: What We KnowOctober 30th, 2024
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